Bloodshed

I began gradually to realise that Françoise's kindness

I began gradually to realise that Françoise's kindness, her compunction, her numerous virtues, concealed many of these kitchen tragedies, just as history reveals to us that the reigns of the kings and queens who are portrayed as kneeling with their hands joined in prayer in the windows of churches were stained by oppression and bloodshed.

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Reflection on Françoise after killing chicken
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Stained glass, cathedral of St.-Denis || Source - http://www.jpforms.net/gallery/photos/france/france.htm
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